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admirer|ædˈmaɪərə(r)| [f. admire v. + -er1.] 1. One who admires, wonders at, or views with surprise and pleasure, or with pleasure only.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. vii. §5 (1873) 54 There was not a greater admirer of learning [than Trajan]. 1710Addison Whig-Exam. No. 2 ⁋1, I never yet knew an Author that had not his admirers. 1839Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 27 A little tribute from an unknown but ardent admirer of your genius. 2. ‘In common speech, a lover.’ J.
a1704T. Brown Comical View Wks. 1730 I. 163 'Tis by your beauty that you make so many of your admirers hang and drown themselves every year. 1874Black Pr. Thule 35 Vexed by the incomprehensible conduct of her reputed admirer. |